Post pictures and stories about your cars both present and past. Also post up "blogs" on your restoration projects - the more pictures the better! Note: blog-type threads often get few replies, but are often read by many members, and provide interest and motivation to other enthusiasts so don't be disappointed if you don't get many replies.
I have rellies in Nelson, so the idea of building something special out in NZ often pops into my mind... If only for me to tour the country when we come out on holidays I've been looking for a decent excuse to add an ADO16 to my fleet, too. Next time I'm there, I'll have to keep TradeMe up as my homepage!
OOOOO I like that! Never been a GM fan really but I could happily live with that.
Can I ask about the Elford turbo? I thought that it was only a UK thing, we had Elfords the Mazda dealer here in Bournemouth, and I remember the RX-7 turbo conversions they did, but never thought they got over to the Southern Hemisphere!
I bought Fast Fours and Rotaries Magazine from the first issue right up until the mid-90's. I probably still have that issue in a box somewhere. They once featured a LC Holden Torana (basically a restyled Viva) with a 12A Rotary and Gemini/Chevette dashboard grafted in. It was very understated and rolling on steelies, much like your Viva.
In the mid-90's the FF&R editor changed and it started featuring primarily new cars with silly wheels, a bodykit, four amps and 16 speakers.
Brett Nicholson
1965 Morris Mini Traveller - Trixie
1966 Austin Mini Super-Deluxe - Audrey
1969 Morris Mini Van - Desert Assault Van
1971 Morris Moke - Mopoke
1974 VW Super Beetle - Olive
2009 Nissan Pathfinder
yoeddynz wrote:
Do you have any further info on the elfords at all? Not much info on them out there. I would love to get in contact with the original engineer they contracted in to design it all.
I don't I'm afraid. I used to go to school just round the corner from the showroom, and one of the teachers had an RX-7 but it wasn't a turbo one. Used to see several of them about though.
I've trawled google for a pic of their place as it was, but all I can find are these
which were taken before Elfords opened there. The garage forecourt shop was a regular stop for us school kids.
Today, the petrol side has gone, was revamped sometime in the 90s, and today looks like this.
Pentons, the Citroen dealer that took over the Elfords site have moved to new premises, the site has just been bulldozed and there is no trace of anything anymore.
I've been looking for a decent excuse to add an ADO16 to my fleet, too. Next time I'm there, I'll have to keep TradeMe up as my homepage!
